What kind of anim/manga do you watch ?
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<div class="IPBDescription">Don't mean titles, but genres (read thread)</div>While checking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Anime_and_manga" target="_blank">wiki on anims/manga</a>, I found this interesting list of anims genre. Which ones do you like wathing ?
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bish%C5%8Djo" target="_blank">Bishōjo</a></b>
(literally, "beautiful young girl", also spelled bishoujo) is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bishoujo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary Kojien. An example of Bishōjo is Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew. A variant named biyōjo referred to girl before the age of adolescence.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bish%C5%8Dnen" target="_blank">Bishōnen</a></b>
(also transliterated bishounen (help·info)), is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth." It describes an aesthetic widely shared in Asia—a young man whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of sex. Recently, it has shown strongest manifestation in Japanese pop culture, but it has roots in ancient Japanese literature, the homosocial and homoerotic ideals of the medieval Chinese imperial court and intellectuals, and Indian aesthetic concepts carried over from Hinduism, imported with Buddhism to China.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecchi" target="_blank">Ecchi</a></b>
(or Etchi, from the Japanese etchi) is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd" or "naughty" when used as an adjective, and can refer to a pervert when used as a noun or sexual intercourse when used as a verb.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai" target="_blank">Hentai</a></b>
is a Japanese word that can mean "change of shape", "abnormality" or "metamorphosis". However, in slang situations it often means "perverted" and is subsequently used in many other countries to refer to anime, manga and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese ######). The word is never used this way in Japanese;[citation needed] commonly used terms include "jū hachi kin" (18禁; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), "ecchi/H anime" (sexual/pornographic anime), the prefix "ero-" (derived from "erotic"), or "seinen" (adult, not to be confused with young adult).
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harem_anime" target="_blank">Harem</a></b>
is a term to describe Japanese works wherein one, average, male character is surrounded by numerous, attractive, female characters, most of which are romantically interested in the main character.[1] The term 'harem' is usually not used by itself, but as an adjective to the medium, such as harem anime or harem manga.
The definitive origin of the term comes from the Arabic word 'harem' meaning "forbidden seduction" and is the exact context in which it is used in the case of the genre.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josei" target="_blank">Josei</a></b>
(Japanese: lit. "woman", IPA /dʒosei/; also known as redīsu or redikomi, lit. "ladies' comics"), is a genre of manga or anime created mostly by women, for late teenage and adult female audiences. The male equivalent to josei is seinen. In Japanese, the word josei means only "female" and is not directly indicative of sexual matter.
The stories tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan. Though there are some that cover high school, most cover the lives of adult women. The style also tends to be a more restrained, realistic version of shōjo, keeping some of the wispy features and getting rid of the very large sparkly eyes. There are exceptions in the style described above, but what defines josei is some degree of stylistic continuity of comics within this particular demographic (the same is true with different demographics that have different stylistic tendencies).
In addition, unlike shōjo manga, josei comics can portray realistic romance (as opposed to mostly idealized romance). A subset of josei comics are comics that are aimed at women about homosexual male relationships, much like but not to be confused with yaoi; josei tending to be both more explicit and with more mature storytelling.
Josei is sometimes used within anime or manga, mostly by male characters, to refer to a sexual preference for older women, as contrasted with lolicon.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo" target="_blank">Kodomo</a></b>
is a Japanese word that means child. However, to many non-Japanese readers of manga and anime, the word refers to a specific genre intended primarily for children.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha" target="_blank">Mecha</a></b>
also known as meka, mechs or giant robots, are walking robotic vehicles controlled by a pilot. Mecha are generally, though not necessarily, bipedal.
The term "mecha" is derived from the Japanese abbreviation meka (meka?) for the English word "mechanical". In Japanese, "mecha" encompasses all mechanical objects, including cars, guns, computers, and other devices. The Japanese use the term "robots" ("robots"?) or "giant robots" to distinguish limbed vehicles from other mechanical devices. English speakers have repurposed the term "mecha" to mean only these vehicles.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_%28slang%29" target="_blank">Moe</a></b>
(Moe? mo'e, pronounced "mo-eh" literally 'budding', as with a plant) or Moe (Moe? mo'e, "to burn") is a Japanese slang word originally referring to fetish for or love for characters in video games or anime and manga. For example, meganekko-moe, "glasses-girl moe", describes a person who is attracted to fictional characters with eyeglasses. Since then, the term has come to be used as a general term for a hobby, enthusiasm, or fetish (non-sexual) — tetsudou-moe, "train moe", is simply a passionate interest in trains.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen" target="_blank">Seinen</a></b>
(Seinen? not to be confused with "adult" (seinen?)) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. Sometimes it is classified as shōjo or shōnen, but it has distinct features, usually classified by a wider variety of art styles and more variation in subject matter, ranging from the avant-garde to the pornographic. The female equivalent to seinen manga is josei manga. The genre is comparable to the English terms and genre "adult".
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sentai" target="_blank">Sentai/Super Sentai</a></b>
is the name given to the long running Japanese "superhero team" genre of shows produced by Toei Company Ltd. and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Super" refers to their use of mecha, and "sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or, literally, "fighting squadron" and was also a term used for Japanese squadrons in WWII). The shows are of the tokusatsu genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed mainly at families. This series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu productions in Japan, alongside the Ultra Series, the Kamen Rider Series, and the Metal Hero Series.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo" target="_blank">Shōjo</a></b>
is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a young, female audience. The term is a transliteration of the Japanese 少女, literally lesser, or little, girl. The genre is stereotyped as melodramatic stories of romance usually with a female protagonist, and drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. Shōjo works, however, cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. It is, in the end, not a style or a genre, but a demographic.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo-ai" target="_blank">Shōjo-ai</a></b>
Yuri (Yuri?) and shoujo-ai are jargon terms amongst fans for lesbian content, possibly sexually explicit, in anime, manga, and related fan fiction.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen" target="_blank">Shōnen</a></b>
(Shōnen? sometimes transliterated as shounen or shonen, "boy", or literally "few years") is a Japanese word used in English to refer to anime and manga primarily intended for boys, although there can be crossover appeal to females as well. Examples include DragonBall, Digimon, Naruto, One Piece, s-CRY-ed, Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen-ai" target="_blank">Shōnen-ai</a></b>
is a term that is applied to anime or manga that deals with love between young men, especially of the bishōnen (bishōnen?) variety. The genre itself dealt with romanticized but non-sexual relationships between men. The predecessor of shōnen-ai was tanbi (tanbi?).
Shōnen-ai is less sexually explicit than yaoi, sometimes not at all. Shōnen-ai is very popular in Japan, especially among schoolgirls and housewives. It has also found a strong audience in America and Europe, especially among 18–24 year old heterosexual women and homosexual men.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bish%C5%8Djo" target="_blank">Bishōjo</a></b>
(literally, "beautiful young girl", also spelled bishoujo) is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bishoujo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary Kojien. An example of Bishōjo is Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew. A variant named biyōjo referred to girl before the age of adolescence.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bish%C5%8Dnen" target="_blank">Bishōnen</a></b>
(also transliterated bishounen (help·info)), is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth." It describes an aesthetic widely shared in Asia—a young man whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of sex. Recently, it has shown strongest manifestation in Japanese pop culture, but it has roots in ancient Japanese literature, the homosocial and homoerotic ideals of the medieval Chinese imperial court and intellectuals, and Indian aesthetic concepts carried over from Hinduism, imported with Buddhism to China.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecchi" target="_blank">Ecchi</a></b>
(or Etchi, from the Japanese etchi) is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd" or "naughty" when used as an adjective, and can refer to a pervert when used as a noun or sexual intercourse when used as a verb.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai" target="_blank">Hentai</a></b>
is a Japanese word that can mean "change of shape", "abnormality" or "metamorphosis". However, in slang situations it often means "perverted" and is subsequently used in many other countries to refer to anime, manga and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese ######). The word is never used this way in Japanese;[citation needed] commonly used terms include "jū hachi kin" (18禁; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), "ecchi/H anime" (sexual/pornographic anime), the prefix "ero-" (derived from "erotic"), or "seinen" (adult, not to be confused with young adult).
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harem_anime" target="_blank">Harem</a></b>
is a term to describe Japanese works wherein one, average, male character is surrounded by numerous, attractive, female characters, most of which are romantically interested in the main character.[1] The term 'harem' is usually not used by itself, but as an adjective to the medium, such as harem anime or harem manga.
The definitive origin of the term comes from the Arabic word 'harem' meaning "forbidden seduction" and is the exact context in which it is used in the case of the genre.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josei" target="_blank">Josei</a></b>
(Japanese: lit. "woman", IPA /dʒosei/; also known as redīsu or redikomi, lit. "ladies' comics"), is a genre of manga or anime created mostly by women, for late teenage and adult female audiences. The male equivalent to josei is seinen. In Japanese, the word josei means only "female" and is not directly indicative of sexual matter.
The stories tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan. Though there are some that cover high school, most cover the lives of adult women. The style also tends to be a more restrained, realistic version of shōjo, keeping some of the wispy features and getting rid of the very large sparkly eyes. There are exceptions in the style described above, but what defines josei is some degree of stylistic continuity of comics within this particular demographic (the same is true with different demographics that have different stylistic tendencies).
In addition, unlike shōjo manga, josei comics can portray realistic romance (as opposed to mostly idealized romance). A subset of josei comics are comics that are aimed at women about homosexual male relationships, much like but not to be confused with yaoi; josei tending to be both more explicit and with more mature storytelling.
Josei is sometimes used within anime or manga, mostly by male characters, to refer to a sexual preference for older women, as contrasted with lolicon.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo" target="_blank">Kodomo</a></b>
is a Japanese word that means child. However, to many non-Japanese readers of manga and anime, the word refers to a specific genre intended primarily for children.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha" target="_blank">Mecha</a></b>
also known as meka, mechs or giant robots, are walking robotic vehicles controlled by a pilot. Mecha are generally, though not necessarily, bipedal.
The term "mecha" is derived from the Japanese abbreviation meka (meka?) for the English word "mechanical". In Japanese, "mecha" encompasses all mechanical objects, including cars, guns, computers, and other devices. The Japanese use the term "robots" ("robots"?) or "giant robots" to distinguish limbed vehicles from other mechanical devices. English speakers have repurposed the term "mecha" to mean only these vehicles.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_%28slang%29" target="_blank">Moe</a></b>
(Moe? mo'e, pronounced "mo-eh" literally 'budding', as with a plant) or Moe (Moe? mo'e, "to burn") is a Japanese slang word originally referring to fetish for or love for characters in video games or anime and manga. For example, meganekko-moe, "glasses-girl moe", describes a person who is attracted to fictional characters with eyeglasses. Since then, the term has come to be used as a general term for a hobby, enthusiasm, or fetish (non-sexual) — tetsudou-moe, "train moe", is simply a passionate interest in trains.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen" target="_blank">Seinen</a></b>
(Seinen? not to be confused with "adult" (seinen?)) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. Sometimes it is classified as shōjo or shōnen, but it has distinct features, usually classified by a wider variety of art styles and more variation in subject matter, ranging from the avant-garde to the pornographic. The female equivalent to seinen manga is josei manga. The genre is comparable to the English terms and genre "adult".
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sentai" target="_blank">Sentai/Super Sentai</a></b>
is the name given to the long running Japanese "superhero team" genre of shows produced by Toei Company Ltd. and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Super" refers to their use of mecha, and "sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or, literally, "fighting squadron" and was also a term used for Japanese squadrons in WWII). The shows are of the tokusatsu genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed mainly at families. This series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu productions in Japan, alongside the Ultra Series, the Kamen Rider Series, and the Metal Hero Series.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo" target="_blank">Shōjo</a></b>
is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a young, female audience. The term is a transliteration of the Japanese 少女, literally lesser, or little, girl. The genre is stereotyped as melodramatic stories of romance usually with a female protagonist, and drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. Shōjo works, however, cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. It is, in the end, not a style or a genre, but a demographic.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo-ai" target="_blank">Shōjo-ai</a></b>
Yuri (Yuri?) and shoujo-ai are jargon terms amongst fans for lesbian content, possibly sexually explicit, in anime, manga, and related fan fiction.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen" target="_blank">Shōnen</a></b>
(Shōnen? sometimes transliterated as shounen or shonen, "boy", or literally "few years") is a Japanese word used in English to refer to anime and manga primarily intended for boys, although there can be crossover appeal to females as well. Examples include DragonBall, Digimon, Naruto, One Piece, s-CRY-ed, Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist.
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen-ai" target="_blank">Shōnen-ai</a></b>
is a term that is applied to anime or manga that deals with love between young men, especially of the bishōnen (bishōnen?) variety. The genre itself dealt with romanticized but non-sexual relationships between men. The predecessor of shōnen-ai was tanbi (tanbi?).
Shōnen-ai is less sexually explicit than yaoi, sometimes not at all. Shōnen-ai is very popular in Japan, especially among schoolgirls and housewives. It has also found a strong audience in America and Europe, especially among 18–24 year old heterosexual women and homosexual men.
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Dear god, I can't believe I just sat through that entire video.
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I have no reason why I just did that as well.....
You know, thinking back, and realizing that Voltron was probably based on this genre.
I really need to go find some old eps of Voltron and reaffirm that I was not THAT lame as a kid.
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Jetto jetto jetto man!
edit: +mecha
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